rheas

rheas

美 [?ri??] 　英

• n.【動】美洲鴕；【希神】瑞亞；土衛五；【女名】雷亞
• 網絡三趾駝鳥；鶆；美洲鴕目

詞形變化

復數：rheas  

英漢解釋

n.	1. 【動】美洲鴕,三趾鴕鳥 2. 【希神】瑞亞,希臘神話中宙斯及其它神祗的母親 3. 土衛五 4. 【女名】雷亞,女子名

英英解釋

n.	1. [Animal]a large flightless bird that looks like an ostrich but is slightly smaller 2. [Greek Myths]in Greek mythology, a titan who was the wife of Cronus and mother of the Gods 3. a large natural satellite of saturn 4. [Female Name]a female given name

例句

The birds are the ostriches' distant cousins, called rheas, and the parent is not a diligent mother, but a doting father.

那些鳥是鴕鳥們的遠房堂兄弟姐妹，叫美洲鴕；而那位“母親”也不是一個勤勞母親，而是一個溺愛的父親。

"Ostriches and rheas appear to have additional muscles that help to maintain a rigid phallus, " he explained.

他解釋說：“鴕鳥和美洲鴕有額外的肌肉來保持陰莖勃起時堅挺強硬。”

Incidentally , thicker shells also help prevent breakage for birds that lay eggs on rocks, and for ostriches and rheas.

而這厚殼也能幫助防止鳥兒下在巖石上蛋的破裂，對于鴕鳥和美洲鴕也是一樣。

When predators approach, lesser rheas are capable of quick bursts of speed, and can run almost 40 miles an hour.

當撲食者靠近時，較小的美洲鴕能迅速爆發奔跑速度，其速度幾乎為每小時40英里。

a ratite bird order: birds intermediate in characteristics between ostriches and emus: recent and extinct rheas .

平胸類鳥目之一；介于鴕鳥與鴯鹋之間；近來滅絕的美洲鴕。